2008 Jammy Awards Honor Phish

. .. . . . . . I'm sorry. . . . . . and i tried. . . . lord help me at two shows and countless hours of listening to live and studio works, i tried. . . . . . but Phish has to be my least favorite "jamband" of all time. . . . . that being said they undoubtably deserve the award. . . . . .

Well Deserved!

um they were good but didnt they quit, so quitters can be winners too hahaha what a bunch of crap

i appreciate the honesty 1radioheader, but wow...if the Dead was #1 then Phish is definitely 1A. For people like me who were a little too young to enjoy the Dead in their prime, Phish was IT! They changed my life for the better!

1radioheader: TWO shows? Well THERE'S your problem! =0)

(lemme guess - post-hiatus?)

Well deserved! Phish was it and and no one can replace them! Not one band out there right now comes even close. Phish could start up again and do a arena tour cross country and sell out every show. Name me a band who is playin right now that could that.

Phish shows were amazing, period.

phish is ok i guess, but we should be honoring the original jammers, string cheese incident, instead of a bunch of wannabe weirdos. they can bounce around the room all they want but they could never touch the sheer musical genius and raw power of a sci show. thats why they needed trampolines, glowsticks, big ball jams and all that silliness to keep the crowd from falling asleep (or passing out). its time to honor real legends like kang and nershi instead of poser weirdos like trey and whats-his-name at the jammys.

Anastasio Acceptance Speech via house arrest camera, thus no full reunion preformance. bummer.

is he still under house arrest? Since the Jammy Awards are in New York, i figured all 4 would be capable of accepting the award. A few songs would be quite alright...and yes Phish deserves an award for the music they've put out through the 80s and 90s.

It is well deserved. They have done so much for so many fans.

I love SCI, a lot. But I would NOT call them the original. SCI was formed around 10 years AFTER phish.

scigr8 you really don't know what you are talking about do you. SCI formed in '93, Phish '83. Don't get me wrong I love me some SCI, but they are by no means the "original jammers". Phish uses trampolines and things like that, but SCI has fish, jellyfish and other things like swimming through the crowd. Phish is the backbone of Jambands just as much as GD, so show some respect. Phish shows have been some of my best experiences. Congrats gentlemen.

Phish definitely deserves, although they aren't my favorite jam band. I think Phish has a larger following, but would think Widespread Panic would also be in same class as Phish and would be recognized sometime in the future. Any thoughts?

"the raw power of an SCI show"??? That's just laughable. SCI's music, while pretty cool, rocks about as hard as my 3 year old niece.

Congrats Phish, very well deserved. I think Widespread Panic is in the same class as Phish although they may not draw as large of crowds and think they will be honored in the future

1radioheader -- " . . . and i tried. . .but Phish has to be my least favorite "jamband" of all time"

I agree. I tried as well. I definitely don't dislike or hate them, but I just never got into them the way I enjoyed the GD. Hey, they filled a void after Jerry died and were musicians with talent and the ability to jam when there weren't a lot of other bands around.... at least not on a national scale. This should mean that they will play together though... that should be exciting for most. Have fun everyone and enjoy.

phish was great, but this all goes to show that no one person or band deserves being named the greatest. music has been constantly changing and being interpreted differently by everyone, so why bother naming one band as the most miportant jam band or the best band or anything? even the dead aren't worthy of being called the most important jam band, because they were far from the first band to improvise on stage. and cottell, radiohead, paul mccartney, and even shit like metalica sell out tours and venues constantly. and im sure if the talking heads or somethin awesome like that reuinited theyd sell way more tickets than phish. if you really think phish is the only band that can sell out a whole tour, you seriously need to take a more in-depth look at the music world.

SCIRGR84EVS- WOW, out of all of the completely ass-backward, IGNORANT statements that are said here, you take the cake and eat every last morsel of it. shmo-kinn has informed you that you have no F$%^ing clue as to what you are talking about. Now don't get me wrong here, I do hold a SMALL piece in my musical heart for SCI, but they are as corny as a band gets. I realize that every has their opinions, but WTF dude, what rock have you crawled out from.

Lets pray for a song or three here, I hope they aren't above that. They're going to have to at least play whenever they get inducted in the RnR Hall of Fame. Congrats Boys!

First off, radiohead sucks! Phish was great, but moe. comes pretty close to matching the intensity of phish. Panic rules too! Moe is the greatest jamband out there right now, they jam harder and longer thean ANYONE

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SCI are wannabees!!!

Phish was pretty good. Trey was allright but he aint Warren Haynes. When's he gonna get recognized?

I wouldn't be complete without my cd wallet full of Live Phish shows from across the U.S. BTW....I love the fact that Jambase continues to use the creepiest Phish photo for every article. :P

Phish is and always will be one of the greatest bands of all time. The crazy atmosphere of a Phish show is one of a kind, and the music will take you to another world. I have been to SCI and Phish, both great, but different. Phish has definately been one of the biggist influences to the jam band world since GD. Very well deserved!!!

radioheader & scirgr84evs, phish was making records when you were still sucking your mothers dick! Phish has been blowing peoples minds since the early 80's, dont be such a rook....TREY ALL THE WAY,LIVE>>>>>>

Life wouldn't mean as much to me without Reba jam. Period.

ahahahahahahaha wow sci original and better than phish........ that could quite possibly be the funniest shit I have ever read on this board EVER! You may have a arguement trying to compare them to WSP but tryin to compare them to phish is so comical holy shit!!!! that was great and it had to be a joke!

I only saw two Phish shows and that makes me appreciate them even more. I just love blasting some old school shows and imagining the band in those goofy short shorts straight dominating a venue. Congrats Phish and heres to many more good times (even if its only me and my friends listening to discs)

hookah420 you have no idea what your talking about. MOE "jams longer than anybody"? Anybody can jam on a note, but phish especially in the early to mid 90's wrote some very well orchestrated music. Phish is the best Jamband ever eventhough they didn't write as much of that music in the latter years. And the Radiohead thing, ????

hookah420. There a wonderful "family" of musicians out there all of whom help to bring together like minds providing an opportunity for great things. Now i missed phish in there golden years, but am well aware of what they have done for the jam community and understand how many people they have helped to enlighten and change for the better. That being said for me..ive grown up in with sci and i wouldn't for a second begin to say that cheese reached the same status of phish, cause they didnt. But what an ignorant thing to say! Cheese helped open up minds and bring people together for wonderful causes and raising awareness with conscious alliance, doing for another generation what phish had done before. They opened to door to a beautiful world for me and provided the opportunities for some amazing experiences. And i know im not alone, dont say the magic that was created year after year at horning's hideout was created by a buncha wannabe's!!! Too each his own, but next time think before you type!!

not saying that moe doesn't rock.......

If any band out there deserves a lifetime achievement its phish.

To quote a great man "Moe. is jamband lite"

All of you bastards talking negatively about the Cheese need to go F$%^ off. SCI and Phish can't even be compared because they have totally different styles. One thing they do have in common is that they both rock and put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen. And yes, Phish spaced out one too many times towards the end...didn't Trey even say that he could urinate into the listeners ears and they would like it? At least when SCI spaced out it was actually a jam and not some dentist's office noise. I'll take a fiddle and a mando any day people over a flanger pedal! But I do love me some phish...Halloween Omni 96...aww yeah!

scigr8-- I love SCI and although I only moderatly got into phish It is still a travesty to suggest the cheese are superior in any way in their contribution to 'the jam world'. I actually laughed out loud and got strange looks from the people sitting near me in the library when I read your comment. Panic will recieve this award either after they retire or in the next few years. The cheese may recieve this type of award sometime if say, there is an off year in music or something like that.

cheers phish

Entertainment weekly said "phish could urinate into the ears of its listeners..."

You all need a chill pill, I think Trey may have some extras. Phish affected everyone that uses this website period. When any of us describe the type of music we listen to, one band mentioned in the list every time is Phish. NUF SAID!!!

How in the world could cheese get a lifetime acheivement award when they weren't even around for 10 years and they weren't even that big..... haha what a joke....... and calling that thing a mando is another joke. and nershi's guitar play compared to most all bluegrass guitarist is another joke.

. . .. Hey tonebeach. . . . you got some insecurity issues. . . . i didn't say phish sucked, they are obviously a huge musical influence with a sincere, passionate following. . . I just can't get into them, and i know only seeing two shows may not have given me much exposure, but if i don't get into it, why keep going???.. . . . that being said, you can blank your blank with your blank's blank in the blank until you blank. . . . . its people like you who make a person transfer their anger at the fans to the music to the band.. . . . way to represent Phish like an asshole dickhead.

im not a big phish fan... like only a couple of songs... maybe i just havent heard enough phish... anyway i still recognize grateful dead number 1 by far but phish is easily number 2 because of their following... thusmuch deserved reward

Holy Shit. An article about a jamband on jambase. Imagine that.

personally i think the allman bros in prime with duane would absolutely blow phish out of the water